FIFA restore Pakistan Football Federation membership

ISLAMABAD: The FIFA Tuesday lifted with immediate effect the suspension it had imposed on Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in 2017 and reinstated ‘all of PFF’s membership rights’. The FIFA said in a statement, “the suspension of the PFF is lifted with immediate effect. This means that all of PFF’s membership rights have been reinstated, as defined in art. 13 of the FIFA Statutes, with immediate effect. Consequently, PFF’s representative and club teams are again entitled to take part in international competitions.” “PFF’s members and officials may benefit from development programmes, courses and training from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Finally, FIFA member associations may again enter into sporting contact with PFF and/or its teams,” the FIFA said.